“A bold, colorful proposal for 17 new townhouses at East 118th Street and Euclid Avenue got a unanimous thumbs-up from the University Circle Design Review Committee on April 3.
‘It was very well received,’ said Chris Bongorno, associate planner for University Circle Inc., the area’s nonprofit planning agency.
The townhouses will be the first thing motorists see as they enter University Circle from the east and pass under the railroad bridge just east of the site. As such, they’ll act as a gateway to Cleveland’s medical and cultural district…” (go to article)
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April 23, 2008 at 7:26 am
Interesting. Doesn’t look like the usually over exaggerated domestic vernacular that usually gets imposed upon the city for a townhome project. Must be some reason…
Strange that ‘brick’ as a comfortable ‘townhouse material’ still gets tossed in there when the form and palette neither complement nor contradict the perceived heaviness and longevity portrayed by that particular material. Oh well, I suppose it is a tip of the hat to context.
I sure don’t hate it.